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Hahn Gains Ground on Villaraigosa
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| Last Edited | ArmyDem May 10, 2005 07:03am |
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| Media | Newspaper - Los Angeles Times |
| News Date | Tuesday, May 10, 2005 01:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | # The mayor makes inroads among likely black and Valley voters, but his foe still holds an 11-point lead. Integrity issues are hurting both.
By Michael Finnegan, Times Staff Writer
With the Los Angeles mayoral election a week away, incumbent James K. Hahn has made large gains among major voting blocs, but still trails challenger Antonio Villaraigosa by 11 points, a Los Angeles Times poll has found.
Hahn's improved standing with such pivotal groups as San Fernando Valley whites and South Los Angeles blacks has cut into the 18-point lead that Villaraigosa held in a Times poll last month.
But the new survey still reflects pervasive trouble for Hahn. Just 24% of likely voters in the May 17 election say that Los Angeles is better off because of his policies and should continue on the same course, while 67% want the city to change direction. His job approval score has sunk to a record low of 38% — from 44% a month ago. Fifty-six percent say they disapprove of his performance as mayor.
If the election were held today, the poll found, the councilman would oust Hahn by 51% to 40%. The survey found 9% of likely voters undecided.
"I think we ought to give someone new a chance," poll respondent Jose Becerra, 58, said in a follow-up interview. A Sylmar independent who voted for Hahn four years ago, Becerra, an electrician, said Los Angeles needs "new blood" at City Hall.
Since the first poll, Villaraigosa and Hahn have begun running television ads that question one another's personal integrity. Though the issue was damaging to Hahn in the first poll, it now is casting a pall over both candidates — accounting for at least part of the narrowing margin. |
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